Retirement Insights

The Coronavirus and Your Investments

By Bob French, CFA

The Coronavirus is scary. Aside from the reasonable health precautions that you should be taking, what should you be doing to protect your investments from the disruptions that the Coronavirus may cause?

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Are Stocks Safer in the Long-Term?

By Bob French, CFA

When you’re investing, you need to focus on the long-term. This is one of those pieces of received wisdom that everyone has heard, and most people at least pretend to believe it, but it’s often wildly misinterpreted. There’s this idea out there that stocks get safer the longer you hold onto them because you can…

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2019 – Q4 Quarterly Market Review

By Paula Friedman, CFP®, AIF®, CPFA

This report features world capital market performance and a timeline of events for the last quarter. It begins with a global overview, then features the returns of stock and bond asset classes in the US and international markets. The report also illustrates the performance of globally diversified portfolios and features a topic of the quarter.…

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The Secure Act and Your Retirement

By Kyle Meyer

At the end of last year, Congress passed a bipartisan spending bill. Included in this bill is the Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement Act, also known as the SECURE Act. The provisions of the SECURE Act are effective 1/1/2020 and will have real-world implications for your retirement and legacy planning. In this article,…

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How to Create Reliable Income Sources with Bond Ladders, SPIA’s and DIA’s

By Kyle Meyer

“You know…it is a lot different when you are actually retired.” The above quote from a recently retired client points to the challenges of retirement. The change from working and saving to not working and spending from your portfolio is daunting. Layered on top of these “normal” concerns are today’s troubling headlines. This “headline risk”…

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2019 – Q3 Quarterly Market Review

By Paula Friedman, CFP®, AIF®, CPFA

This report features world capital market performance and a timeline of events for the last quarter. It begins with a global overview, then features the returns of stock and bond asset classes in the US and international markets. The report also illustrates the performance of globally diversified portfolios and features a topic of the quarter.…

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Qualified Opportunity Funds: Great Tax Saving Opportunity or Too Much Risk?

By Kyle Meyer

Qualified Opportunity Funds (QOFs) have received a lot of attention in the press lately and the expectation is that you will hear more about these funds by year end.   Most recently, QOF’s were prominently highlighted on a recent front page of Sunday’s New York Times.   The attention is due to the tax benefits created by…

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TSP Modernization Act

By Alana Light, CFP

Monday (August 5th, 2019) was a chaotic day for both the world economy and markets. We want to break down what’s happened, and how that will likely impact your investments.

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What Does it Mean to Call China a Currency Manipulator?

By Bob French, CFA

Monday (August 5th, 2019) was a chaotic day for both the world economy and markets. We want to break down what’s happened, and how that will likely impact your investments.

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